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written, Levenaux—which was kin to the family of which Lord 
Darnley came. The Lennoxes were at one time proprietors of 
Cally, then called Lennox-Cally, and afterwards inter-married 
with the Galloway Stewarts. 
On entering the policies of Cally, the party were met by the 
gardener, who showed them through the well-kept gardens, and 
over the charming walks which intersect the extensive lawns 
shaded by giant trees of unknown antiquity. By the generous 
permission of Mr H. G. Murray-Stewart of Cally, the visitors were 
allowed to explore the mansion-house, under the guidance of the 
genial butler. They entered by the Marble Hall, which is almost 
oriental in the splendour of its polished marble and delicate 
statues. In this hall, on a polished marble table inlaid with 
coloured pebbles, there stands a fac-simile of Cleopatra’s Needle, 
in black marble. The marble forming the floor was brought from 
Italy in a rough state and polished at Cally Sawmill by marble 
cutters brought thither for the purpose, and the huge rounded 
pillars are built of granite boulders taken from Craigdews, at the 
back of Cairnsmore of Fleet. The size of the blocks is remarkable. 
The drawing-room was next visited. On the walls are hung 
striking portraits of the proprietor’s wife and mother, and the 
large table in the room has its top wrought into graceful designs 
formed by inlaid gems in profuse variety. Several fine examples 
of the old masters are hung upon the walls. 
On leaving the mansion the visitors passed by and inspected 
the old Cally tower, and proceeded through Gatehouse to Anwoth 
Churchyard. Here they were met by Rev. Mr Black, the minister 
of the parish. The old church—roofless now and ivy-grown—is a 
small building, measuring about twenty-two yards long and 
scarcely seven broad. A stone over the entrance bears the in- 
scription : “ Built Ap. 1627.” This is the date of the settlement 
of Samuel Rutherford as minister of Anwoth, which is said to have 
been only at that time erected into a separate parish; and it is 
this association with the memory of the saintly and scholarly 
divine who first administered within its walls that invests the 
humble ruined fane with unusual interest. 
There are a number of memorial stones within the precincts 
of the church, some of them elaborately sculptured and bearing 
quaint inscriptions. The most massive is an architectural struc- 
ture of light-coloured sandstone, which commemorates several 
members of the Gordon family, who were for a time owners of the 
